There is a military low-flying corridor that passes over chez G-CPTN.
The area was flooded last weekend, and at the height of the flood, a guy turned up with a quadricopter that he had 'just bought' (for £1500).
It was fitted with a camera that was connected to the iPhone on the 'controller' so that you could see what the camera saw.
The guy remarked (not bragging, just stating 'fact') that it would operate up to 1500 metres (high), and he flew it at least half a mile away (as the crow flies) to hover over the flooded properties on the other side of the river.
Video subsequently appeared on the website of the local newspaper.